Leamon Fite Jr.

• Position: People & Politics - Obituary - Brief article

Representative Leamon Fite Jr. was a well-respected second term Alabama lawmaker and businessman when he died a year ago at age 54. His generosity and efforts to help others were well-known, with stories of school field trips, band uniforms, energy bills and other things quietly paid for by Fite. But it was his gift after death that stunned people--particularly the City Baptist Church...